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What have computers got to do with cows? Can a wooden mirror help us understand the computing behind digital image capture? Neil Rowse is the first dairy farmer in the UK to use a computerised system that gives cows control over when they are milked, and allows him to remotely monitor the welfare of individual animals. Daniel Rozin has created an computer operated mirror made from 835 tilting wooden tiles. With the help of a digital camera and a computer programme, the wooden tiles mimic the digital pixel information and tilt themselves into a ‘reflection’. This material is taken from The Open University course T224 Computers and processors.

Episode Date
Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors
Feb 11, 2010
Transcript -- Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors
Feb 11, 2010
The cows that milk themselves
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- The cows that milk themselves
May 15, 2008
Tempting the cows into the machine
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- Tempting the cows into the machine
May 15, 2008
Keeping check on the cows
May 15, 2008
Feeding the babies
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- Keeping check on the cows
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- Feeding the babies
May 15, 2008
Why go robotic?
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- Why go robotic?
May 15, 2008
Mirrors as interactive art
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- Mirrors as interactive art
May 15, 2008
Behind the mirror
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- Behind the mirror
May 15, 2008
Creating the prototype
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- Creating the prototype
May 15, 2008
From image to display
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- From image to display
May 15, 2008
Why milking and mirrors?
May 15, 2008
Transcript -- Why milking and mirrors?
May 15, 2008